Category Archives: Outreach & Key Programs

The Nuts and Bolts of a Flight Data Monitoring Program: Part I Submitted by Jeff Currin, FOQUA Manager, Life Flight Network New to flight data monitoring? Thinking about equipping aircraft in your operation with flight data recorders to comply...

Never Stop Learning Submitted by Josh Weiland, Safety Officer, Sanford Health Air Transport Those who work and operate in the safety management arena typically face the same hurdles when it comes to educating team members. Some team members live...

The MedEvac Foundation International is pleased to announce the completion of theDeveloping HEMS Capacity study. Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are a vital link to the healthcare systems of many countries around the world, however, these critical services do...

Filmed at the 2016 AMTC v2.0, this brief PSA aims to inform the public about the dangers posed to HEMS providers by UAVs/drones in the low altitude airspace. Thank you to Susan Smith and Carilion Life-Guard, the Vision Zero...

Safety Story Workshop November 2-4, 2016 Denver, Colorado We all have stories. Stories about those times when we made a difference, saved a life, wanted a do-over, or committed to a new way of thinking about something. This...

Header photo courtesy of Carilion Life-Guard and taken from a drone. Photo includes flight crew, drone operators, and LZ Commanders following Carilion’s first open forum on drone safety with their safety campaign message #LandTheDrone The following content was submitted by Susan Smith, Program...

Stacy Fiscus, Vision Zero Chair, shares her thoughts on HEMS safety and challenges her fellow crewmembers… Education. Awareness. Vigilance. Humans are not perfect. I heard recently that, by nature, humans make between two and twelve errors every hour....

Heads up, medical transport professionals! We know that there are excellent safety resources out there, and we issue this challenge…help us turn the Vision Zero Toolbox into the GO-TO library for safety-related tools to benefit medical transport worldwide! It’s...